CVS Flashcards
AF
Mid-systolic murmur with systolic click at apex
Mitral valve prolapse AND regurg
Someone with chest pain radiating to the back and collapse. Presents with BP in the right arm much higher than in the left (210/100 vs 150/100) . Weakness in L arm and leg. Dx?
Aortic dissection
Man comes in with left side central chest pain, and pain on inspiration. ECG given.
Acute pericarditis (widespread ST elevation and PR depression)
Old guy with T2DM. Only medication he is on is Insulin. Comes in for routine diabetes check. Proteinuria in urine. BP consistently in 160s. ? what medication to start?
ACE-inhib (e.g. quinapril)
IVDU, signs of right sided heart failure, elevated JVP with v waves, pansystolic murmur at LLSE, what’s the cause?
Mitral regurg
Mitral stenosis
Aortic regurg
Aortic stenosis
Tricuspid regurg
Tricuspid stenosis
pansystolic murmur at LLSE = from location can deduce this is tricuspid.
Systolic - must be regurgitation
Also regurg following IVDU infective endocarditis much more common than stenosis
Some guy at urgent docs here on a business trip. He keeps having jaw pain. History of HTN. He had severe jaw pain when walking back from lunch today, but since resolved. Oral cavity and jaw appear fine on exam. What is an important immediate investigation you must do? Was the wording not something like what initial management would you do?
a. Cardiology referral
b. Dentist referral
c. ECG
d. Dental X-ray
e. Analgesia
ECG
Asian lady on microgynon and salbutamol. Came in with pleuritic CP and dyspnoea. High JVP. hypotensive. Xray given [looked normal] and an ECG underneath [RV strain pattern with ?sinus or RBBB]. What would be the most appropriate treatment?
· Heparin
· Pericardiocentesis
· Cardioversion
- IV morphine
Heparin
Sounds like a pulmonary embolism
Microgynon = combined OC
Fijian guy in a RTA, where he rear ended someone. Now has pain, ventricular ectopics, irregular HR and pulse of 100, JVP not elevated, BP 120/80. Can hear an anterior rub on auscultation. ECG shows multiple PVCs.
· Cardiac tamponade
· Aortic dissection
· Atrial fibrillation
· Myocardial infarction
· Myocardial contusion
· Pericarditis
Myocardial contusion (bruising)
Chick with chest pain associated with inspiration. Hemodynamically stable BP 100-120ish/80ish and HR around 80
?maybe has fever
ECG shows Global ST - concave up,
Treatment?
NSAIDs for pericarditis
Guy ~38 years old. Returned from recent overseas business trip. ECG + history. Sudden chest pain, short of breath, sweaty. Hypotensive. Appears to be ST elevation in aVF (and leads II, III, +1 with some ST depression in anteroseptal leads?
Inferior MI
28yo female has hypertension, has history of fevers and enuresis as a child, what is
the hypertension
Essential hypertension, PCKD, reflux nephropathy, analgesic nephropathy, chronic
glomerulonephritis
This sounds like recurrent UTIs in childhood leading to kidney damage?
Probably reflux caused the recurrent UTIs –> enuresis, fevers…
Eventually leads to high blood pressure.
AF in older person
Amiodarone and anticoagulant,
beta blocker,
CCB, amiodarone anticoag and cardioversion in 6 wks,
cardiovert
New onset AF <48 hours or haemodynamic instability could do cardioversion…
But i think this patient would be treated with beta-blocker and anticoagulation (warfarin/dabigatrin) - prob the best answer here is amiodarone + anticoag
ECG of VT (wide complex QRS tachycardia). Treatment?
If acute –> cardiovert
What happens in digoxin toxicity?
Hyperkalemia
Pt with HTN with history of gout and asthma, already on ACEI but HTN still
uncontrolled, next drug to use?
CCB
BNP
Produced in atria,
low levels in heart failure, high levels in CKD,
is an anti-natriuretic
Peptide
High levels in CKD
chest pain 1-3 days after MI. changes with position
Pericarditis
man accident. you don’t have a stethoscope. JVP is normal. percussion is normal. He
has cold peripheries. what is the cause of shock in this man?
?aortic dissection
25-year-old found dead in bed prev. Healthy
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Obese patient with symptoms OSA, has (+) JVP bilaterally measured up to 6 cm.
jugular waves are present, lung function test given, raised JVP due to
RV failure due to chronic ischemia
First line treatment for essential hypertension
Thiazide diuretic?
‘First-line choices can be a thiazide, an ACE inhibitor or ARB, or a calcium channel blocker’
Best investigation for heart failure
bpac says ECG, blood tests for BNP too but not all that specific
Murmur after MI, loud, harsh pansystolic in lower left sternal border
VSD from infarction
(A loud, harsh, holosystolic murmur at the lower left sternal border is common)
Patient with chest pain on exertion, now pain while sitting/radiating to arms
Acute coronary syndrome e.g. unstable angina
Patient presents with markedly raised jvp, R>L measured up to 8cm, jugular wave
can’t be seen. Mediastinal enlargement. Most likely cause is
SVC obstruction